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LINDO "Hip-office" Design Has Us Bent Double

We love gadgets of all kinds here at Gizmodo, particularly the ones that look like this: meet the LINDO, an ergonomic solution for a "hiptop" office support for your new laptop computer. It sounds a little like an idea we've heard before, and is apparently a genuine attempt at avoiding those "serious damages to health" caused by monotonous desk-sitting that orthopedists warn us about. Designed by HK Ergonomics, it fits all by itself, without belts, and you can use it while sitting, standing, walking, leaning, kneeling and it's also apparently suitable for those who like to work in the lunge position. [HK via LikeCool]

8:45 AM on Wed Jan 16 2008
By Kit Eaton
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JoOngle at 10:16 AM on 01/16/08
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It won´t get you laid, thats for sure.
SirNirian at 10:27 AM on 01/16/08
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AAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHROFLMFAOLOLROFL
sidmuchrock at 10:28 AM on 01/16/08
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I actually had a dream once that no matter where I went, I had a laptop hovering in front of me. Someone has been stealing my dreams again.
zenpoet at 10:49 AM on 01/16/08
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The fifth picture looks like something from the Ministry of Silly Walks.
litos at 11:08 AM on 01/16/08
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I need the over sized version, so it can hold my beer gut.... jajajaja
rudeadly at 11:10 AM on 01/16/08
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Really? Cause I thought the laptop air was just carried by magical floating wind currents since it's so thin.
rudeadly at 11:10 AM on 01/16/08
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Macbook air. rather.
tamoko at 11:17 AM on 01/16/08
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@rudeadly: Antigrav... I read it on FSJ. It's the truth!
Kos at 11:29 AM on 01/16/08
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Actually not a bad idea for someone checking people into an event, etc. Better than having people wait in line to reach a desk.
hellomms at 11:34 AM on 01/16/08
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WTF
Out2gtcha at 11:43 AM on 01/16/08
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@zenpoet:
Walk THIS way please.....

I think I'm going to purchase one of these. It's going to go perfect with my other recent purchase:
[technabob.com]
Nelson at 11:43 AM on 01/16/08
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Oh Great, rather than being trapped in my office for 8 hours now I can wear it around like a horrific inescapable exoskeleton of opression. Just wait until they release the shoulder pads that mount a fax/printer on one shoulder and a filing cabinet on the other.
$Image of Bos\'un\'s Mate$ Bos'un's Mate at 11:47 AM on 01/16/08
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@Out2gtcha: She's way hot!
8026mn at 12:24 PM on 01/16/08
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Yikes, I can see the next convention now filled with people and there um LINDO walking around. NEXT idea please.
Curves at 01:31 PM on 01/16/08
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Wait till you see some guy in the mens room using a urinal with one of these on. Disturbing image, yes, but I bet it will keep those shadowy guys who hang the mens room from approaching you for sex (even if you're a senator).
kevinhall at 02:08 PM on 01/16/08
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My brother (and business partner) was looking for one of these a few months back to get more programming time out of me. He said I kept wasting time walking to the kitchen for coffee. I may be in trouble...
Pope John Peeps II at 02:22 PM on 01/16/08
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Okay. Office workers aren't skinny. Where's the hipbo for all the middle-aged office blimps?
IrisMR at 02:23 PM on 01/16/08
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..yea, because adding the weight of a laptop on your hips is absolutely healthy for em.
Pope John Peeps II at 02:27 PM on 01/16/08
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@IrisMR: Actually your hips and buttocks are the strongest parts of your weight carrying body. As humans, we're designed for long-distance walking and our butt muscles are the strongest things we have.

A fully packed camping backpack can put 40 or 50 pounds of extra pressure on your hips, but as long as it's distributed properly, it's easy to carry.

This weight is nothing at all.
mtroute at 04:38 PM on 01/16/08
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@Pope John Peeps II:
Thanks Cliff Clavin!
sanjsrik at 04:42 PM on 01/16/08
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I see sex toy in the making...
Pope John Peeps II at 07:46 PM on 01/16/08
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@mtroute: Go camping once in a while, pasty mcgriddlebutt.
molife at 07:01 PM on 01/17/08
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When will Dwight (from the office) get one of these?

Perfect.
zenpoet at 11:26 AM on 01/18/08
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@Out2gtcha: You put these two products together on one person, and I shudder to consider the consequences.